Character: 后
Modern (Beijing) reading: hòu
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghōʔ ghōʔs
Classic Old Chinese: ghṓ
Western Han Chinese: ɣwā́
Eastern Han Chinese: ɣwā́
Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣṓw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄̀w
Middle Chinese: ɣʌ́w ɣʌ̀w
Fanqie: 菏藕
Rhyme class: 宥, 有
English meaning : prince, sovereign, a major lord
Russian meaning[s]: 1) государь, правитель; императрица; 2) после, затем, вм. 後
Shuowen gloss: 繼體君也. 象人之形. 施令. 以告四方. 故厂之. 從一口. 發號者. 君后也. 凡后之屬皆從后.
Comments: Also read *ghōʔ-s, MC ɣл̀w id. For *gh- cf. Xiamen au6, Chaozhou au4.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 1135
Karlgren code: 0112 a-b
Vietnamese reading: hậu
